Combined escutcheon and handle.



J. A. RAYMOND.

I COMBINED ESCUTCHEON AND HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26 1917.

' Patent-ed Jan. 14, 1919.

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JOSEPH A.-RAYMOND, OF EHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

Application filed December 26, 1917. Serial No. 208,894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr A. RAYMOND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city'of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improve-- ments in Combined Escutcheons and Ham dles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to escutcheons and handle bars which are particularly adapted to beused on burial caskets, the escutcheons being secured to the casket and the handle bars pivotally attached to the escutcheons.

The objects of this invention are, to obtain improved appearance'to the combined escutcheons and handle bars made from sheet metal, and to economize in the material required to obtain said escutcheons.

Further objects are to lessen the number of parts and diminish the liability of loss or breakage of said parts. 1

Additional objects are, to obtain a sightly construction well adapted to perform the several functions which are required thereof and is durable.

Additional objects are disclosed in the specification and claims.

I have illustrated a combined escutcheon and handle bar embodying this invention in the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, and in which Figure 1 's a front elevation, with the handle bar in its normal position.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation, with the handle bar in normal position.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, with the handle bar in a raised and o erable position.

Fi 4 is a front e evation of a modified hand e bar.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank illustrated with holes and recesses therein.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of an end piece attachable to the ends of a handle bar of the device.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a blank from which the escutcheon member of the device I is obtained.

Fig. 8 is a section of said escutcheon when formed up, and

Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of said escutcheon and handle bar.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates said part throughout the several figuresof the drawing wherever the same appears.

A, represents an escutcheon blank which is provided with the holes a, a. B, represents an escutcheon which is obtained from blank A. It will be observed that on the 'formingup of the escutcheon B from the blank A the holes a are positioned in a part or member I) of the escutcheon which is substantially at right angles to the base 6 thereof, and are adapted to receive pivotal member C. The holes a are adapted to have screws or bolts D extend therethrough, to at- 1 tach said escutcheon to a casket.

E is a blank of sheet metal, and, in the modified construction which is illustrated in Fig. 4, is provided with the marks E, and in all'the constructions illustrated, with tongues F, 7", holes f, f and slots or recesses f.

Tongues F are formed up to obtain the arm member G, having body parts 9, and thesides g Holes f f are positioned in blank E so as to be located in sides g and register with holes a; so that the hereinbefore mentioned pivot members C, when insertedin said holes a a, are also inserted in holes f f, to pivotally attach the members G, G, of the handle bar. to the escutcheon. Holes a are provided with annular-flanges a on the under side of the blank, which form, on the upper side of said blank, recesses adapted to receive the heads of wood screws.

The cylinder I, which forms the body of the handle bar, has tongues f f, in recesses, adjacent to the base of the members G: and said recesses extend between the outer edges 7", f of slots or recesses f", and are, respectively, obtained from the blank E.

The tongues f f, in recesses between said edges 7, f which receive said tongues, serve to position the meeting edges of the remainder of the cylindrical portion of the handle bar so that the same are not readily observable when the escutcheons are attached as hereinbefore recited. K are ornamental ends which are inserted in the ends of the cylindrical portion I of the handle bar, for appearance, and I do not, of course, I

of a casket, or of a boX or chest, the members G will normally be substantially vertical, and to raise said casket by means of the handles said members G are turned, as by means of cylindrical portion I, on pivotal members G into substantially horizontal planes, at which time the upper surface or face of said members G will contact with the edges L of the raised part of the escutcheon which is positioned between sides 6, b; said contact limiting the turning of said mem ber G.

I claim 1. In combination, an escutoheon and a handle bar pivotally attached thereto, said handle bar comprising a hollow sheet metal cylinder provided with longitudinally extending meeting edges and with tongues having integral side. walls, extending outwardly from the wall of said cylinder with the body parts thereof substantially tangential thereto, said wall also having apertures extending from one of said meeting edges to said tongues, and additional tongues extending from the other of said meeting edges and fitting in to closesaid apertures.

2. A handle bar comprising a hollow sheet metal cylinder having longitudinally extending meeting edges in the wall thereof and having tongues integral therewith, said tongues being provided with integral side walls extending into said cylinder wall, the parts of said tongues between the side walls thereof being substantially tangential to said cylinder, said cylinder wall being pro- 1 vided with recesses extending from one of said meeting edges to said tongues to form apertures adjacent to said tongues, and provided with additional tongues extending from the other of said meeting edges to fit in said apertures and close the same.

JOSEPH A. RAYMOND. In the presence of,

CHARLES TURNER BROWN,

J. SCUDDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommiuioner of Patent,

Washington, D. 0. 

